Relates to the appropriation to the State Appellate Public Defender for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the State Appellate Public Defender. It appropriates a total of $3,547,400 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 25.00. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds three line items, which provide additional funds for capital costs restoration, purchasing IT systems, and attorney salary increases. Also included in this bill is a onetime FY 2022 supplemental appropriation, which provides $98,000 for extraordinary representation costs.